A light jet published by many different charter operators, and more of its repositioning flights start in Las Vegas than anywhere else.
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We count the CJ3 and the CJ3+ together. The plus is an avionics and interior refresh of the same airframe, operators use the two names interchangeably on listings, and splitting them would put a false precision on the numbers below.
Las Vegas to Los Angeles and Las Vegas to Van Nuys are the recurring pairings, with McCall in Idaho to Carlsbad the outlier that keeps coming back. This is a North American aircraft in our record; the European legs are a handful. On a Nevada or Southern California one-way, the CJ3 is worth watching.
A CJ3 leg is usually published under a week before it flies and a fair number disappear within a day. Set against a type like the PC-12 NG, which gives you a month, this is a short notice aircraft and the sensible way to catch one is an alert on the route. Published prices are rare; whatever a CJ3 costs to fill, you find out by asking the operator.
Specification: Citation CJ3, GlobalAir. The seats on each flight are what the operator listed for that leg.
The CJ3 of 2004 stretched the CJ2 by two feet and gave it more powerful FJ44-3A engines and a longer wing, producing the first CitationJet with a genuinely transcontinental reach for a light aircraft. The CJ3+ of 2014 added Garmin G3000 avionics and a new interior but changed nothing structural, and operators use the two names interchangeably, so this site counts them together. Nearly seven hundred were built before the Gen2 version succeeded it.
| Manufacturer | Cessna |
|---|---|
| Engines | 2 × Williams FJ44-3A |
| Passengers | 7 maximum |
| Cabin | 15 ft 8 in long, 4 ft 10 in wide, 4 ft 9 in high |
| Baggage | 65 cu ft |
| Range | 2,040 nm maximum, 1,374 nm on the normal profile |
| Maximum cruise | 417 knots |
| Ceiling | 45,000 ft |
| Take-off distance | 3,180 ft |
| Landing distance | 2,770 ft |
| Maximum take-off weight | 13,870 lb |
| History | first flight 2003, in service 2004 |
Source: GlobalAir.